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Why is Pat Venditte pitching for the Nashville Sounds rather than the Oakland A's?

It has come to my attention that the Oakland A's have a bullpen problem. It's possible that you've noticed the same thing. In particular, they're short on left-handed pitchers, as Sean Doolittle and Eric O'Flaherty are both on the disabled list. Therefore, Fernando Abad has been called on to be the lefty specialist, and that is a particularly unfortunate thing. Here are Abad's platoon splits from the last couple years:

Abad 2013, vs. LHH: 65 PAs, .790 OPS, 2 HR
Abad 2013, vs. RHH: 101 PAs, .619 OPS, 1 HR

Abad 2014, vs.